Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Senior UX Consultant with comprehensive experience of managing software products during research, ideation, creation, development – with a strong focus on designing user-friendly healthcare services.
Giving clients insights in real user needs applying Design Thinking, leading through the design process from research, through conception of prototypes and iterative testing procedures. All in the spirit to build user-friendly and succesful software products, cross media apps and services. UX counseling in an interdisciplinary team that supports the entire product lifecycle. UseTree has established itself as UX-partner for companies with various backgrounds – with a strong focus on the developement of machine specific applications.
UX Designer in the interdisciplinary research project "UseTree" initiating collaborations with small and medium-sized companies. Giving manpower and professional training around UX-topics in order to develop user-friendly software products. The research project was in the hands of the designer Burkhard Schmitz who teaches as a professor of interactive design at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Other partners in the consortium were: Technical University of Berlin, Berlin Partner and bao GmbH.
Design counseling for graduates and their final degree work. Teaching design methods in the bachelor modul "designing" with a focus on interaction design. Guiding the students in their work and introducing various design methods, presentation skills, visualization and prototyping tools such as adobe creative suite, keynote and axure. Leading & supporting students through the design process: from ideation, through the development of concepts with feedback loops, reviews of the first prototypes to the final draft. This includes advice on the implementation in the different production processes ( 3D printing, milling, arduino, processing, axure). Acquisition and management of collaborations with external institutions and companies. During my time at the class of Interactive Systems 150 projects and 12 graduate work has come into being, in which I was actively engaged. Together with my wonderful colleague Antonia Kühne and the always inspiring professor Burkhard Schmitz.
UX designer in the interdisciplinary research project "SELBST" with a strong focus on universal design. Bringing in the design perspective by adressing users needs and developing a user-friendly service. The research project was in the lead of the designer Achim Heine who teaches as a professor of experimental design at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Other partners in the consortium were: pme Familienservice GmbH, Fraunhofer Institutes for Reliability and Microintegration, ESYS GmbH and SIBIS GmbH.